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High tension before the verdict, which starts at 10:30 am and will last for several hours. The main defendant, former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, faces up to ten years in prison.
8 am, December 4, 2020
In the corruption process against the former finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser and more 13 defendants A verdict will be pronounced today after three years of trial. judge Marion hohenecker As Senate chairman of the jury, you will announce the verdict, which will likely take several hours due to the vast scope of the trial.
The first defendant Grasser faces up to ten years in prison. The accusation of the economic and corruption prosecution accuses the Minister of Finance in two governments of former chancellor Wolfgang bowl In front:
- He committed breach of trust in the privatization of federal apartments (Buwog) in 2004 and allowed himself to be bribed. This represents a commission of 9.6 million euros.
- Furthermore, he is said to have received a bribe when the tax authorities rented the Terminal Tower office building in Linz. 200,000 euros are said to have entered the Linz office building.
According to the indictment, the money was shared between Grasser and his accomplices. Grasser and the co-defendants Walter Meischberger Y Serious plague – for some time without being able to be tried for health reasons – rejects the allegations and accuses the accusers of partiality and violation of the law.
The former lobbyist co-defendant Peter hochegger made a partial confession at the beginning of the trial and thus incriminated the other defendants.
